republicans, in a state of desperation, have scrapped the bottom of the sludge barrels even deeper this time. these childish and obvious lies should be an eye opener to many people that the republican party is nothing more than evil people. and those that support candidates using this new sludge slinging tactics indicates they are no better human beings:

Republicans say top Democrats support 'group of gay paedophiles'

By Andrew Gumbel in Los Angeles
Published: 20 October 2006

Let the dirty campaigning begin. With less than three weeks to go before the US mid-term elections and an embattled Republican Party struggling to hold on to control of both the House and Senate, some of the country's more desperate candidates are resorting to desperate measures.

Republicans aren't going after their Democratic challengers much on Iraq, or the war on terror, or nuclear proliferation. Instead, members of President Bush's party are accusing their adversaries of being apologists for gay sex between adults and children.